A reappraisal of one of literature’s most sensational personalities, the author of more than 70 books A reappraisal of one of literature’s most sensational personalities, the author of more than 70 books I f we really are in a reading crisis – whether you blame TikTok or podcasts – it stands to reason that, of all the genres, literary biography might have particular cause to fear for its life: who wants the life story of somebody whose books no one reads? Such anxiety, justified or not, can be